Date: 26th to 3rd July 2009 Segments: Editors Picks, Earnings, Your Picks, Events, Lists Editors Picks -- Saleem Mobhani To Join Airtel As Mobile Entertainment Head Editor: By far, among the biggest stories of the last month, in terms of traffic and offline discussions. Mobhani's move after nine years at Hungama to the client side at Airtel has provoked reactions of both hope and skepticism in the VAS Industry -- Rediff CEO Ajit Balakrishnan On 3G Licensing, VCs In India, Indic Languages, Broadband, E-Commerce Editor: Balakrishnan's talk irked a few Venture Capitalists at the IAMAI Digital Media conference, and while others took a while to recover from the reality check that his speech provoked. However, as one attendee put it - "He talked about what needs to be done, but not how we should go about it." -- Budget 09: Economic Survey: FDI In Telecom, DNC, USO Fund, BSNL Deal; e-Payment -- Budget 09: Economic Survey Suggests MSME Support, Spectrum Trading, Opening Local Loop Editor: Some pragmatic suggestions from the Economic Survey, focused on bringing transparency to telecom allocations and deals, apart from means to increase broadband penetration. There's also some data on the state of the telecom deployment. -- Why The SIM Card Should Be India’s National ID Card Editor: A Guest post from MChek CEO Sanjay Swamy was the most discussed post at MediaNama over the last week or so, provoking reactions both in favour of using a SIM Card as a National ID Card, and against: the…
